The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has demanded a full audit of Nigeria’s refineries, citing recent reports that allege that successive governments have spent nearly $18 billion on the rehabilitation of the three major refineries in the country. In a statement by the ADC’s national publicity secretary and coalition spokesperson, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party questioned…
Few weeks after his house was marked for demolition, Hon Marcus Onobun, the lawmaker representing Esan West, Esan Central and Igueben in the House of Representatives, is set to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Onobun, a former Edo Speaker, is the only Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member elected to the National Assembly. He was,…
The Technical Adviser to Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri on Print Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Wisdom Oniekpar Ikuli, has confirmed the possibility of an imminent defection of the governor to the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing the move as “non-negotiable and sacrosanct.” Ikuli, who is also the convener of Concerned Bayelsa Stakeholders, made the…
The Chairman of the Action Democratic Congress in Osun State, Charles Omidiji, has said the reported plan by Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to join the All Progressives Congress may give his party a chance to win next year’s governorship election in the state. Omidiji, in an exclusive interview with Sunday PUNCH, said many members…
Amid growing rumour over the alleged plan by Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun to decamp to the All Progressives Congress (APC), the leadership Caucus of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, on Saturday declared that they will follow him anywhere regarding his next political moves. The caucus, which passed a vote of confidence on…
The Osun state Governor, Ademola Adeleke is set to join the All Progressive Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party, our correspondent reliably gathered. A source close to the Governor told GISTSMATE MEDIA correspondent that the Governor is currently holding a meeting with the PDP leaders in the state. “Yes, over possible defection, the Governor is…
A former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, says the main opposition party would continue to lose elections in the state because of its weak grassroots structure. Adediran, who defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) recently, said this after casting his vote during…
The police have arrested a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa State, Abubakar Gossima, for allegedly opposing a party member’s ambition to go to the House of Representatives on social media. Mustapha Bulangu, a friend of Mr Gossima, told PREMIUM TIMES that the police intercepted his friend, an APC youth leader, on…
Ahead of the July 24 National Executive Committee meeting of the All Progressives Congress to take a position on the substantive national chairman of the party, former Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello may have decided to throw his hat into the ring. Our reporter sighted on Thursday, posters of the former Kogi governor on the busy…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has assembled a team of 97 lawyers to challenge what it describes as the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s ‘fake lawsuit’ against its interim leadership, including former Senate President David Mark and former Minister Rauf Aregbesola. The legal team, led by Barrister Mohammed Sheriff, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday,…